Figures of the Unconscious

In collaboration with the International Society for Psychoanalysis and Philosophy (SIPP-ISPP).

GPRC

The peer-reviewed book series Figures of the Unconscious was founded in 2001 and provides a platform for exchange at the intersection of philosophy and psychoanalysis. Psychoanalysis occupies a crucial position within contemporary philosophical thinking and many analysts are influenced by philosophical approaches.

Both philosophy and psychoanalysis are concerned with the nature of the subject, questions of knowledge and epistemology, sexuality, life and death, ethical issues, alterity, and the subject’s manifold relationships to the other – to other human and non-human beings and to its environment.

We welcome manuscripts in the areas and at the intersections of

  • the history of psychoanalysis and Freudian thought
  • the exploration of psychoanalytic concepts and the development of theories
  • the research and development of the psychoanalytic movement
  • psychoanalytic and philosophical concepts and ideas
  • psychoanalysis, gender and queer studies
  • interdisciplinary approaches that combine psychoanalysis with other scientific disciplines
  • current developments in psychoanalytic approaches
  • ethical approaches in psychoanalysis
  • epistemological debates

Editors-in-Chief

Beatriz Santos (Université de Paris)
Herman Westerink (Radboud University)
Esther Hutfless (Sigmund Freud University Linz)

Editorial board

Daniela Finzi (Freud Museum Vienna)
Jeff Bloechl (Boston College)

Advisory Board

Lisa Baraitser (Birkbeck College, London)
Jozef Corveleyn (KU Leuven)
Monique David-Ménard (Université de Paris)
Rodrigo De La Fabián (Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile)
Jens De Vleminck (Leuven)
Eran Dorfman (University of Tel Aviv)
Laurie Laufer (Université de Paris)
Elissa Marder (Emory University, Atlanta)
Claire Nioche (Université Paris XIII)
Vladimir Safatle (Universidade de São Paulo)
Charles Shepherdson (State University of New York at Albany)
Guillaume Silbertin Blanc (Université Paris 8)
Raluca Soreanu (University of Essex)
Celine Surprenant (Paris)
Antônio Teixeira (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
Johan Van Der Walt (University of Luxemburg)
Wilfried Ver Eecke (Georgetown University)

Proposals

The board accepts manuscripts for review from both members and non-members of the SIPP-ISPP. These can be either monographs or edited volumes, provided they align with the aims and scope of the series.

Proposals and enquiries can be sent to the series editors-in-chief.
Please make use of the submission form to present your manuscript or proposal to our board.
Authors interested in Open Access can consult the available funding options.

Links & Resources

Proposal Submission Form
Open Access & Funding Options
Book cover for the book Psychoanalysis on Borders, Limits and Beyond Psychoanalysis on Borders, Limits and Beyond

Yianna Ioannou (Editor), Izzy Powis (Editor), Sinziana Ravini (Editor), Léa Silveira (Editor), Jamieson Webster (Editor),

November 2026

Book cover for the book An Acceptable Abnormality? An Acceptable Abnormality?

Ednei Soares (Author),

August 2026

Book cover for the book Ferenczi Dialogues Ferenczi Dialogues

Raluca Soreanu (Author), Jakob Staberg (Author), Jenny Willner (Author),

January 2026

Book cover for the book Seduction, Drive and Repetition Seduction, Drive and Repetition

Herman Westerink (Author), Philippe Van Haute (Author),

September 2025

Book cover for the book Thoughts for the Times on Groups and Masses Thoughts for the Times on Groups and Masses

Daniela Finzi (Editor), Jeanne Wolff Bernstein (Editor),

January 2025

Book cover for the book Towards the Limits of Freudian Thinking Towards the Limits of Freudian Thinking

Herman Westerink (Editor), Jenny Willner (Editor), Philippe Van Haute (Editor),

August 2024

Book cover for the book Truth and Suffering Truth and Suffering

Paulo Beer (Author), Nelson da Silva Júnior (Preface by), Renata Takatu (Translator),

March 2024

Book cover for the book The Truths of Psychoanalysis The Truths of Psychoanalysis

Jasper Feyaerts (Editor), Paulo Beer (Editor),

January 2022

Book cover for the book A Dark Trace A Dark Trace

Herman Westerink (Author),

June 2021

Book cover for the book Nothing to It Nothing to It

Emmanuel Falque (Author),

February 2020

Book cover for the book Dora, Hysteria and Gender Dora, Hysteria and Gender

Daniela Finzi (Editor), Herman Westerink (Editor),

September 2018

Book cover for the book Psychanalyse et hybridité Psychanalyse et hybridité

Thamy Ayouch (Author),

February 2018